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Florian was laying in his bed, with his eyes being focussed on the book in his hands, as they purposefully moved from left to right and back to take all the words in. It was part two of a fantasy trilogy, one about a girl getting to know that she had magic powers and had to deal with the consequences, while an enemy nation was attacking the kingdom she lived in.

He didn't know if it was considered good, but Florian had read the first book when being in the hospital and it has intrigued him enough to read the whole story. What made it even better was, that the material was pretty easy to adapt, so instead of it taking place in the middle ages, Florian imagined it to be in our modern day, with large cities and tanks and all of that.

Next to Florian's head was his smartphone and displayed the Discord app, where he was in a voice call with a friend." So, how is it?", a male voice asked from the phone, to which Florian answered:" Pretty good. I'm sad that they ditched the pterodactyl like couple, after building them up so much in the first book. But we get to see much from the perspective of the evil people."." Sounds good.", Ben answered in a mechanically distorted voice." Although I'm impressed that you can listen to me and still read your book at the same time. I wouldn't be able to enjoy the story at all."." It's not much different than playing a story game or washing the dishes, while having a video running. It's a matter of exercise and eventually it just becomes background noise."." But isn't it pretty difficult to actively listen to a conversation, without losing the thread?"." Yeah, that does happen.", Florian answered, while flipping a page." That's why I often just say 'Mhmm' and 'Yeah' when we are in a group call with Dennis and Marly. But with just the two of us, it's much easier."." I see.", Ben replied in a more cheery voice." I guess this also explains the ragged breathing you sometimes have.".

Florian could almost hear Ben's grin through the phone and moved his book to the side for a moment and left out an annoyed sigh, before answering:" Don't pretend that you are not doing this every once in a while."." Maybe.", Ben chuckled." But sometimes it's a bit obvious what you are doing."." As long as nobody is complaining. But thanks for letting me know, I will try to be more discreet next time."." No problem man.", Ben said." But I will be off for a bit, getting on my pyjamas and all. It's getting pretty late after all.".

This prompted Florian to glance at his own clock on the wall and indeed, it was already 11:10PM." Wow, really. Time is really flying by."." It surely is. Alright, see you in a bit.", Ben said and the crackling of moving headphones could be heard, when Ben left the call. This left Florian alone and he glanced at his book, before looking at the clock again." Damn, I should get ready, too.". And with that, the boy got up from his bed and left his room, before heading to the bathroom.

After answering nature's call and brushing his teeth, Florian returned to his room and opened his wardrobe on the right sided wall. He didn't really wear any pyjamas and so his sleeping clothes usually consisted of a casual shirt, while the pants got ditched . The young man was aware that the voice call with his friend was still active, but nonetheless he unlocked his fly and zipper and pushed down his trousers, including his boxers, before tossing them into the back area of the wardrobe. He did the same for his shirt and was standing naked in his room for a moment, as he rummaged through the upper drawer to find his sleeping shirt.

" Ah, there you are.", Florain said to himself, when he finally dug it up from beneath three other shirts and slipped the bright blue, slightly oversized tee over his bare chest. Being ready to sleep, Florian returned to his bed and allowed himself to flop back down on the mattress, which gave Ben the indication that he was ready to be talked to again.

" Hey, you're back.", he said with a happy tone, which Florian replied to:" Yeah, I am. Can't say the same about my parents though. Seems like their session is taking longer than usual."." It seems so, yeah. Did they ever take you to one of their gaming nights?"." No, never. Maybe they are too embarrassed to take me with them. I don't begrudge them though, They had to take care of me for so long, that they have earned some time for themselves."." Yeah, I feel you.", Ben confirmed." I also sometimes think about how I can make up for all the time my parents have invested into me. But anyway, I would go to bed now. I'm pretty tired."." Alright buddy, sleep well then. We'll see us tomorrow."." See you.", Ben said and the loud blup of someone leaving the voice call could be heard, before Florian reached over to grab his phone and close Discord.

Despite the late time though, he still grabbed the fantasy book and finished the chapter introducing the capital of the bad guys." Fuck.", the teen cursed at himself when he finally finished the chapter and glanced at the clock showing 11:23 PM." I really shouldn't have done this. Oh well, it is what it is.". And with that, Florian put the book on his nightstand, cuddled himself into his blanket and rolled on his side to get to sleep.

Time passed by and over the time of the following two hours, the moon followed its trail across the sky and gifted earth with its pale, soothing light. Eventually, it passed by Florian's room and the boy began to mumble in his sleep, when the ethereal shine passed over his body. His legs and upper body were safe, thanks to it being covered by his blanket and his shirt. Once it reached the uncovered part of the boy's arm and his head though, things began to change.

It wasn't noticeable at first, but Florian wriggled a little back and forth in his sleep, as dozens of small, white lumps appeared on his unprotected skin. It looked like small pins that were pushing out from underneath his skin, which were dotting white, underdeveloped feathers. They were growing from the edge of Florian's hairline and quickly spread out over his nape and the rest of his head. The same was happening to his uncovered arm and for a casual observer, it appeared like the boy was moulding. It even intermingled with his hair and while his mane stayed intact, it gained a dalmatian like appearance.

Surprisingly, it didn't seem to irritate the boy, because he only groaned in his sleep and rolled on his right side. This exposed his unaffected arm to the moonlight and immediately, feathers began to grow on his lower arm. It didn't take long for them to grow under the boy's t-shirt and they blossomed from young downs into mature feathers, lifting up the bright blue fabric from underneath. Curiously though, they stopped at Florian's lower arms and instead of getting overgrown, they did the total opposite and shedded their owner's body hair. A fine rain of skeins glided down and landed on the mattress or floor with no sound or impact, when the hide of the male's lower extremities began to change.

Their pinkish shade became more intensive and the coloration changed into a light, beige like tone, before tipping over into a darker yellow. The small fissures on top of the skin became more prominent and dug deeper into the epidermis and formed distinctive circles at Florian's lower arms and his hands, while his fingers were forming smooth, scute like plates for better protection.

He wouldn't need to rely on them only though, due to when the moon grazed his fingernails, they also began to change. Budging in their fleshy coves, they began to grow longer and thick. New creatine was forming and quickly pushed them to the point, where it looked like Florian hadn't clipped his nails for a week or two. The tips curved downwards and narrowed down into thin, yet sharp claws, which already created some undesired sounds, when the boy unconsciously scraped them over the bedlinen.

Another change unrelated to the feathers were the bumps that appeared on the boy's chest. The body fat underneath the boy's pectorals started to multiply rapidly in a circular shape and caused the skin above to deform and stretch outwards, while also making it softer and more squishy.

Nerve systems were forming and although Florian was peacefully sleeping, he still murmured a little when his new and more sensitive pecs grew larger and rubbed along the fabric of his shirt. The nipples weren't spared from this process either and their areolae became much larger, while the main body grew longer and started to stick more outwards than it would be usual for a male.

And just like his chest, they also became more sensitive, which made Florian leave out a small, aroused moan, when they, too were getting pressed into his shirt and formed two visible outlines on top of the male's growing mounts. And it didn't stop there, because shortly after, two additional rows of spherical forms became visible underneath the original one.

Those body altering changes weren't restrained to Florian's chest though and the young man groaned a bit and rubbed his cheek against the pillow a few times, when his ears started to elongate. Moving along the strands of his human hair that got turned into a feathery mane, the cartilage inside Florian's auricle moved upwards towards the bright, white body of the moon and pulled the surrounding skin with it.

Like a plant longing for the sun, the cartilage moved upwards and reformed the male's ears into a more oval shape, before turning more pointed when the lure of the moon became more centralised. This pull was not only constrained to the upper parts of Florian's ear, but affected the lobes as well and while they didn't move upwards, the moon compelled them to fuse with the boy's skull.

Feathers began to spill over onto them and under the protective sheen of white plumage, lobes and cheeks were sewn together and formed one single, yet flexible fixation point for the boy's ears, while the tips grew up to the length of skull and even beyond that. Thanks to the now larger openings, his hearing also became more sensitive and that was the actual reason why Florian's sleep became more restless, that he was now able to better make out the cars passing by his window or even the words of people walking along the street.

But more irritating were the changes to his mouth. Inside his half closed lips, Florian's teeth began to melt together. Their already beige coloration became more saturated and turned into a dark, yet more regular yellow, while the boy's molars became more like his incisors. The crushers on their lower side basically smoothed out and formed a thin, flat surface. They lost their average, cube like shape and turned into a more oval like structure, which also increased their sharpness.

And still, this wasn't enough to wake Florian up yet, even when the gap between the individual teeth were closing and started to meld into two singular entities. What did the trick though was, when the now fused shape started to extend outwards and started to rub against the inside of the boy's mouth. It made Florian groan and he subconsciously rubbed the side of his face against the pillow, when the hard structure dragged against the wet and soft flesh.

It basically was like spitting out an untasty piece of food, only much slower, and that the sensation engulfed the teen's entire mouth. In addition, the front part stretched outwards and grew into a thinning, cone like shape, which easily fit into the space between the male's lips and allowed them to be easily pried open by the growing mass . And it grew further and further.

Eventually, there was a small beak protruding from Florian's mouth, complete with the yellow coloration and the curved down tip to slay and slice prey. Although, it wasn't complete yet. While the shape was there, it was still comparably small and also lacked the fleshy part of an avian nose, which would connect it to the rest of the body. And as it kept growing longer and larger, it pushed the boy's lips further and further apart.

Florian's eyes jerked open and an expression of confusion adorned his face, when he woke up to the sensation of something large and thick lodging itself into his mouth." Whatclktheclkfuckclk?!", the boy clucked to himself and either didn't notice or care about the 'clack' sounds his beak made in between each word, before he saw its yellow and triangle like shape at the lower point of his vision.

Almost immediately, he brought himself into an upright position and as soon as Florian was securely sitting on his butt, his hands flew to his beak to inspect and remove the unknown object, which only made his eyes widen even more.

A shrill "Shreeeee!", which was equally as panic filled as it was loud, escaped Florian's throat and even could be heart outside, when he saw the scaled, black talon tipped paws that his fingers have turned into." Whatclktheclkfuckclk?! Whatclktheclkfuckclk!", Florian screamed and basically jumped out of his bed. Pressing himself against the opposite wall, the young man was heavily breathing, while his brain tried to process what was going on." Whatclkisclkhappeningclk? Andclkwhatsclkwithclkmyclkvoiceclk?", Florian asked himself, when he became aware of his altered voice. Thanks to his lips being pressed against the top and bottom of his beak, the two halfs clacked against each other with each word Florian was speaking and due to their hollow nature, it sounded like the boy was imitating a duck.

It was irritating, but not as irritating for the male, as when he finally found the courage to look down at his body to examine the extent of the damage." Whatclktheclkhellclk?!", Florian clacked again in disbelief and he already lowered his claws, when he discovered the large bulges that stuck out from along his chest." Areclkthoseclktits?!!". Almost immediately, his talons grabbed the upper pair to confirm his fears and for a short moment, Florian felt their surprisingly soft surface and even a sense of pleasure, when his scaled digits stimulated the nerves and rubbed along his enlarged nipples.

" Scraaah!", he suddenly screeched out though, when, due to his inexperience, he accidentally punctured his shirt and dug his talons into the tender flesh of his breasts." Fuckclk! Thatclkhurts!", the boy cursed and immediately withdrew his claws, which had already drawn some blood and soaked a few feathers around the wound in the red essence." Damnclk! Thisclkcan'tclkbeclkaclkdream anymore... Fuck. What do I do now?", Florian asked himself, with his initial panic slowly getting replaced by fear and sadness.

Staring at his blood coated talons, the teen simply let his head fall into his hands, before lamenting:" I can't believe this. Why is this happening to me?". Even though it only has been minutes, Florian wasn't majorly surprised anymore, when he felt the soft touch of feathers against his hands and wet beads began to collect in his scaly palms, as the teen was unable to hold back any longer.

Sliding down against the wall into a curved ball, Florian started to cry and wet trails appeared on his bird like palms and the plumage of his cheeks, while a weird mix of human sobbing and avian cawing left his beak. Tears dampened the plumage around his eyes and a coarse feeling ran through his little talons, when they scraped along the smooth surface of his beak.

Florian felt so lost and with his parents being out, he had no one to go to comfort him. It was only the enclosed space of his room, that gave him any kind of security and another sniffling could be heard from his still human nose, as the boy let out his emotions, up to the point where he didn't notice how his condition actually improved.

Florian's ability to speak got better, due to his tongue adapting to the beak. It became thinner and the tip extended, as it grew outwards into a triangular tip. Additionally, the boy's nose started to fuse with his beak and formed a soft transition between it and the rest of his face, similar to the thin skin holding his talons in place. This gave Florian's beak more stability and kept the top and bottom from clacking against each other.

All in all, Florian seemed to calm down a bit and while he was anything, but fine, he took one more loud sniffle, before his talons slid off his beak and he told himself:" Alright Flo, enough skulking. Let's actually try to fix this.". Resting his claws against the walls, which unfortunately added some scratch marks into the plaster, Florian pulled himself up onto his human feet, before taking a look around his room. He still was afraid of what was happening to him, but sitting around was worse than actually trying to find a solution, as slim as that chance actually was.

" Crap, what do I do?", the boy asked himself and took some steps closer to the middle of his room. Looking around for something useful, his view eventually hovered over his bed and, which was more important, his phone." My phone.", Florian said in a half happy, half disbelieving voice, when he stared at the slim gadget laying next to his pillow." My phone... Oh god, how could I be so stupid, I still have my phone!". The teen's voice noticeably lighted up, as now he actually had a sliver of hope. Driven by the rush of serotonin his brain released, Florian rushed over to the bed and grabbed his mobile, which resulted in a scratching sound, as his inexperienced talon left a large scratch mark on the touchscreen.

The boy didn't care though and he eagerly tipped in his pin as fast as his changed hand allowed him to, which was a bit cumbersome. His new claws weren't made for such devices and the boy had to adjust his angle in order to make sure that he didn't scratch the display even more, which resulted in his phone not recognizing all of his inputs. It only delayed it for a few seconds at most though and when the main menu popped up, Florian quickly opened the phone book and selected his mother's number.' Doot... doot... doot...', was the only thing that could be heard, before a robotic, female voice said:" The number you try to reach is not available. You can leave a message after the Beep.".

" Crap.", Florian cursed and quit the call, before instantly bringing up his dad's number.' Doot... doot... doot... This is the mailbox of Manfred Hauschröter. Please leave a message after the Beep.'." Awwrrrr, fuck!", Florian shouted, although it did sound somewhat distorted with an inhuman undertone to it." Don't do this to me now!". Almost immediately, Florian dialed his parent's numbers again, but even after several tries, they didn't answer his call. With each attempt, his movement became more erratic and his breathing also became faster, before he literally threw his talons into the air and grabbed the sides of his head in frustration." Cwrapcwrapcwrap, fuck... What do I do now?", the teen shouted and he aimlessly walked some steps back and forth to release at least some of the growing stress, before another idea popped up in his head.

Lowering his scaled hands and staring at his phone again, Florian muttered an other defeated" Crap.", while what used to be his thumb was pressing against the touchscreen." Shit... Fuck... I've never done this before.... crap, I hope they take me serious.", the young man said to himself and he kept walking back and forth, while also ruffling through the feathers that have replaced his hair and brushing his avian ears in the process. He really didn't want to do this, yet he didn't see any other way out and after taking in another deep breathe, he tipped in a third phone number.

" Doot... doot... 'crap'... doot... Hello, this is the emergency call centre, where is your situation?"." Hi, hi, Florian Hauschröder here. I'm at Goethe Street 32. Listen, I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm turning into some kind of bird monster!"." ... Excuse me?", the operator asked in noticeable confusion." I'm turning into a monster!", Florian answered, with increasing frustration in his voice.

But despite his agitated state, he still knew how silly this whole thing sounded and so he did his best to explain:" Listen, listen, I know that it sounds like I'm making this up, but I turn into some kind of bird. I was just waking up and suddenly was growing feathers and had a beak. I need help here!"."... I err... did you drink any alcohol or took any hallucinatory substances recently?"." Noo... no! I'm sober and didn't take any drugs either! I don't know what's happening here, but I need help! I can send you a photo or turn on my webcam to prove that I'm not joscreeeaaawww!", Florian shrieked out in pain, when something was suddenly stinging sharply in his back. It was overwhelming and the boy toppled over from the sudden influx of pain, which caused him to drop his phone." Ah jeeze!... Hello?... Hello? Are you still there?", the operator's voice could still be heard from the speaker, but Florian didn't care at all at the moment.

The teen was gritting his beak, as he was kneeling on all fours from the pain that was ravaging through his back." Arrrrwar, my back!", the male shrieked out, as two large bulges grew out from beneath his shoulder plates." I'm getting torn up!". Which was somewhat true. While his skin wasn't ripping open, it was getting stretched close to its limit, when long, arm like structures branched out from beneath the boy's shoulder blades.

Even though they weren't flexible, they jittered a bit around from the confusion of Florian's brain gaining a pair of new limbs. And while the joints they were sitting on were more or less numb, the growing bones were not. After all, a skeleton isn't dead matter, but full of bone marrow, blood cells and, unfortunately for Florian, nerves.

And those nerves made him aware of every painful little inch that they were growing. It was basically like a broken bone healing again, only without any hinges keeping it stable and much faster. Pitiful gasps, cries and screes escaped from in between Florian's gritted beak, as he tried to endure the pain:" SQUAAACK! OHGODMAKEEETCLTSTOP! I can't take it anymore!".

His talons were clutched tightly against his face again and draw bloody marks into his plummage, when Florian basically started to claw himself open in the hope that it would alleviate this torture. Unfortunately, it only did so much to distract his brain and even with blood running down his face and drenching his feathers in red, the boy only released an ear splitting "OH SQUAAAAAH!", when his extra set of limbs grew their quasit elbows.

Just like a twig getting broken, his growing set of arms jerked downwards, which caused his skin and muscles to get stretched far beyond their usual capacity. They encapsulated the new forming joints to keep them in place, while new bone material was growing underneath to form the basis of a lower arm and to give the teenager's bones an anchor to contract on. It was a movement his body was more than familiar with, given that his arms and legs had performed the same action billions of times already when walking and did so just fine.

But this was the culprit. Florian had known his arms and legs since before birth, but those new limbs were completely unfamiliar and as such, his brain received and processed every single bit of movement they made, which was exceedingly painful. It simply overloaded his consciousness and Florian writhed and sobbed on the ground, when feathers started to sprout on the bare skin and stretched the surrounding tissue with their quills, as they covered his growing arms much like they did with the rest of his body.

This whole process also had another unintended side effect. Florian's shirt was already pretty strained, thanks to his newfound female breasts, and with his new extremities growing in, it became more and more restricting.

The round shape of his mounds flattened, when they got pressed tighter and tighter against his torso and Florian's already jagged breathing increased even more, when his lungs noticed that they drew less and less air." Fuuh... I can't breathe! I CAN'T BREATHE!", the boy shouted and his claws let go of his face, when his survival instinct started to kick. His heart was pounding in his chest and quick huffs of air entered and left his beak, as Florian attempted to fill his lungs. They were barely able to move though and only pressed back against his restricting shirt, when they tried their best to expand, but despite their noble action, they only managed to inhale a small amount of oxygen.

It was enough to survive, but left Florian with the urgent need for more. A heavy pressure was already building quickly in his chest and with his body already being under serious stress, the teen felt like he was suffocating right then and there. He attempted to roll over onto his back on instinct, but quickly stopped midway in the process, as he threatened to crush one of his growing arms beneath him. They were growing ever longer into the fabric of his shirt and only added an additional layer of ache on top, due to that the shirt was simply refusing to rip.

And so Florian was laying on his side in a fetal position, with his beak hanging open and desperately inhaling any air he could. He was simply paralized from everything that was happening and if it had not been for the emergency operator on the phone, he might have passed out, as his conscious mind already started to go out there and became hazy. It was only thanks to the voice coming from the phone, that he actually stayed in reality when he heard:" Hello? Hello? When you can hear me, try to cut your top! An ambulance is on its way, but if you have trouble breathing, try to cut your top!".

The voice did sound somewhat stressed out, given that the operator had no idea what was going on and feared that Florian might even need air punctuation from the sounds he made. And although destroying one's clothes might make some people consider for a moment, Florian was grateful for any direction at all and without really thinking about it, he lifted his talons and slashed at his shirt.

And then did it again and again. It weren't the concentrated movements of someone trying to solve a problem, but more like a beast lashing out in fear, as the changing male ripped through his top. A loud sound of breaking fabric could be heard and already after a few cuts, the shirt was only held together by the seams, which were quickly broken as well by the pure strain the boy's second pair of arms put on them.

And with another loud rip, Florian's tits bounced back into their round shape and the boy drew several deep breaths, as his shirt finally gave in and freed his chest. Like a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon, it breathed new life into the half bird and Florian rolled onto his back and stretched out the magnificent pair of wings that had been growing beneath his shirt. It was a moment of peace and even though he still felt the warmth of his blood flowing out from the gorges on his face, Florian simply stared at the ceiling and enjoyed the moment.

" Hey, you're still there?", the half bird heard the voice of the operator coming from the phone and he tilted his head for a moment, before answering:" Yes, I'm still here. Thanks for your help."." Don't mention it. We are in this together. The medics should be there any minute."." Thanks. I hope this will be all over now.".

Florian closed his eyes and tried to calm himself from the suffering he had endured. Although the changes had stopped, his whole body was still aching. His arms felt like he had just performed a heavy exercise, his lungs still felt cramped from being constricted, blood kept dripping from his face and his wings laid spread out beneath him and although they didn't hurt themselves, they felt so alien, like a foreign creature had attached itself to his body.

Florian was aware that he was far from fine, but his body was far too exhausted to actually take care of itself. And it didn't get better, when the male's skull began to shift. His eyes jerked open and Florian immediately cawed:" Oh no. Ohnonono!"." What is it?", the operator asked, when the phone picked up Florian's agitating voice." It's happening again. My face, it's... it's streetching Aaaah!",, Flroian screamed out, when the dreaded sensation of his transformation returned. He felt his skull extending forwards and before he basically knew what was happening, the bones pressed against the boy's skin from the inside and reformed it into a more suitable shape. It was the same deal in which his wings were created, only on a smaller scale.

What did match the wings though, was the pain he felt, when Florian's skull pressed against his nose. It still had its human shape and stood out from above his beak, although being hidden by his feathers. Still, this wasn't good enough for his body and Florian screeched out again and instinctively pressed his talons against his face, when the bone of his extending skull started to grind against the cartilage." Oh god, my nose! It's breaking!"." Hang on Florian!", the operator said from the phone." The medics should be there at any moment!"." I can't! It hurts too much!". His eyes became wet again and dampened the surrounding feathers from the growing pain, as his body was basically destroying his nose.

His skull stretched forwards and gave his face a more oval shape, which was more form fitting for his already existing beak. The two basically connected with each and the beak got quickly secured by new muscles and tendons to keep it in place, while the growing bone offered a coven for it to sit in.

Unfortunately, both of them didn't have any regard for Florian's human nose and there was an increasing pressure building up underneath the triangular object, which pressed the cartilage into the surrounding epidermis. But unlike with his wings though, this time the skin didn't budge. The effect of the moon basically made it a solid surface, which left Florian's nose basically between a rock and hard place. And with the rock moving, it didn't take long until a loud crunch could be heard.

" CRAAW! OH GODPLEASENO!", Florin screamed at the top of his lungs and tried to grab his nose even harder in an attempt to alleviate the pain. More crunching echoed through his skull and the pressure against his nose bone grew stronger and stronger, until there was a loud 'CRACK'." UAAOHFUCKINGGOD!", the bird hybrid cried and more tears dwelled from his eyes, when his nose eventually got smashed into small pieces. The triangular shape flattened and merged into the surrounding flesh, leaving only two blow holes for Florian to draw air from. They were already widening heavily from all the adrenalin that the male was pumped full with and he could feel the cool air rushing through his cavities.

This didn't do much for the young teen though and he was still pressing his claws against the now dark and smooth spot where his new nostrils were, while the broken remains of his once human organ got reabsorbed into the surrounding tissue.. It hurt like hell and with his nerves still being overly sensitive, rubbing over the painful spot only made it worse.

Despite all the pain though, a part of his mind was still on the watch and his ears flicked cautiously, when they picked up the familiar ' Deh Döh Deh Döh Deh Döh' of an approaching emergency vehicle. A heavy burden fell off from Floran's shoulders and the bird boy sighed in relief, now that rescue was approaching." I think they're here."." Good, good.", the operator replied." Do you think that you can make it to them or should I tell them that you are immobile?"." No, I... I think I can make it", Florian groaned, as he rolled himself onto all fours, before slowly standing up on his pant-less human legs. His body still felt like he got hit by a truck, but now that help was near, his spirit rekindled and there was a certain determination building in his chest, that he would show his body who was boss and that he would survive this bullshit.

Resting his claws against the wall, Florian steadied himself and made sure that he had a secure stand, before attempting to walk downstairs. After making a first shaky step though, he stopped again and looked over his shoulder to caw:" Hey, thanks for your help. You really saved me.". " Don't mention it. That's my job after all. Now go and get yourself patched up. Get well soon."." I will, thanks.". And with that, a familiar 'dood' could be heard when the operator hung up, while Florian made his way downstairs.

He was still shaky, but with most of the damage being limited to his upper body, he found his posture rather quickly. He did have to haunch forwards though, because his wings were actually rather heavy and even though they had instinctively folded together when he had stood up, Florian still had to turn sideways and duck himself under the frame, when he walked through the door.

His soles slurped on the laminated floor and once he had exited his room, Florian immediately turned left and made for the stairs.They were right next to his door and so the boy was rather eager, when he got himself moving to meet the medics. His lungs were still burning, his wings were aching from their creation, his nose still felt like he took a bat to the face, which in and of itself was a mess of blood and tears, and his triple set of breasts wriggled with each step he took. Despite all of this, Florian kept on and reached for the railing to grab on.

His talons were already scraping over the wood, when a sudden pain surged through his back." Ah! Oh fuck!", the gryphon gasped and immediately grabbed the rail handle with his free hand as well and clutched his claws tightly around them, like he was sitting on a branch. It stabilized his footing and Florian was standing there with each foot on one stair each, as his spine began to alter. It lost its regular S shape and began to straight out. It was one of the more minor changes, but it still left a mark, in that Florian grew more and more top heavy.

" Ugh, I can't keep standing up.", the boy groaned and he had to take a step backwards first, then a second one to keep his upright posture. His human stance became outright uncomfortable to stay in and the aching in his back became gradually more intense, due to that the position of his contracted muscles became less and less natural for his body.

The advancing of the sirens outside also didn't help his course and so Florian released a sigh, grit his beak and turned his body to the side, when he allowed himself to fall down on all fours. It was a risky move, one that could've easily sent him falling down the stairs, but with his mind being partly avian by now, he instinctively reached out with his front legs and subconsciously adjusted his weight here and there, which allowed him to land on a safe footing. Facing upstairs, the talons scraped over the individual stair and splayed outwards to support Florian's torso, while his legs were balancing on the balls of his human feet.

" Damn, this is so awkward.", he cawed out when he looked over his shoulder and carefully moved a paw downstairs to make his first step. Foot by foot, the teen made his way downwards, whereby a cold tingling ran through his chest whenever his newfound breasts rubbed over the edge of a step. Florian's eyes jerked open though, when in addition to its straightening, his spinal cord extended beyond the boundaries of his body." Oh no. Not again!", the boy squawked out in fear, when the same sensation he had felt with his wings appeared at his collarbone." Squwaaa!", Florian shrieked, when his skin got forecully stretched outwards.

Just like with his wings, a fleshy bulge grew out from above his butt and steadily stretched outwards. His epidermis was desperately trying to keep with the pace and the cells proliferated as best as they could, but were unable to provide enough material, which resulted in the same beak gritting experience as before. The fledgling tail already wriggled in the air, due to it already trying to balance out its master's body and Florian could feel the cool air brushing against the bare, growing appendage, before newly forming downs quickly sealed the area. The whole ordeal was uncomfortable, but not as bad as the wings or beak, because his tail only needed to grow in a straight line.

With his steady, backwards crawling steps, Florian had made it to the final third of the stairs and got quicker as well, when the ambulance stopped in front of the entrance. The gryphon heard the doors getting opened and slammed shut, when two people got out and made their way to the house.

" Ok, let's see what we got here."." Sounded like someone had one drink too many and started hallucinating or something", Florian heard the medics talking outside as they approached the house and the gryphon quickly pranced down the staircase and scrambled over to the front door.. He could feel the feathers sprouting down his abdomen and legs and how his muscles and heels began to shift, as the influence of the moon affected his lower limbs.

He didn't allow himself to get deterred by this though and the teen crawl-walked towards the door, where the medics were already arriving. Before they could ring the bill, the gryphon instinctively strained the muscles in his avian front legs, reared up on his human feet and grabbed the door handle, pulling it down by his weight and opening the door.

" Jesus Christ!", one of the medics, of whom Florian had been able to take a glimpse of their scared expressions, shouted and both of them backed off, as they saw Florian's blood stained and tear drenched face. It also didn't help that he still had a strained expression from all the pain he had endured and still was enduring, which could've easily been mistaken for an aggressive stare." Run!", the other guy said and the two hastily took off.

" Hey, wait!", Jason screamed and quickly hobbled forwards after the medics, as they scurried back into the ambulance." Come back! I'm harmless!". His expression had turned back into that of fear and his heart was hammering in his chest, when the engine of the neon red truck roared up and the two drove off." No! No come back, please!", Florian shouted after them and his whole body froze up mid step, when the dreadful realisation set in." Help me...", he stammered to himself in a low, downbeat voice. His ears and tail were hanging down and tears were dwelling back in his eyes.

Florian felt utterly lost again and with the ambulance disappearing full speed around the next corner, the avian hybrid turned around and shambled back into the house. Or at least he attempted to. After all but a few steps, the boy felt an involuntary movement in his crotch and his heart started to sink, when he already thought the implications that could mean." Dear god please no.", he already prayed to the heaven in dread that his balls were about to get crushed, when his penis lifted itself upwards. Florian wasn't even getting hard, but it still pressed itself against his belly and a weird tingling ran through the upper side of his foreskin, when it merged with the male's abdomen. And it was expanding.

A soft groan escaped the teenager's throat and although he felt anything, but aroused, there was a steady stream of blood flowing into the male organ. A feeling similar to developing a bulge from hitting your head filled his shaft, only that it felt pleasurable, and it increased both in length and girth, when it filled out the boy's merging foreskin. The same was true for his testicles and the skin of his otherwise loose scrotum tightened and smoothened out, when his baby factories grew in size. And for the first time in this hour, Florian actually felt good.

His body was still hurting as hell, but his growing member made up for it. It throbbed and pulsed inside its fleshy cocoon and made the boy coo out softly, when the tip stretched out further ahead. A pleasurable tingling engulfed his glans and Florian couldn't help himself, but release a gentle huff, when his urethra pushed outwards. Like with his wings and tail, it forcefully dragged on the surrounding tissue and the gryphon did wince every once in a while, when small tears got ripped into his shaft from the forceful transformation, before his body was able to close them again.

The extension of his glans also affected his frenulum and Florian gritted his beak and shut his eyes from the sudden surge of pain, when the expanding flesh severed the connection to his going to be sheath. It was like ripping your skin on a twig or an eating knife, only more intense and Florian instinctively tried to dig his claws into the pavement from the pain of his skin getting ripped apart. Luckily it only lasted a few moments and before long, his glans had completely overgrown the frenulum and untied the boy's expanding shaft from his foreskin.

His testicles went through a similar process and they also developed several micro tears, which felt like dozens of tiny needles poking into his balls, because Florian's skin was unable to keep up with their growth. They throbbed in their sack and just like with his glans, it wasn't that pleasurable for the gryphon, because it made him feel like he hasn't emptied them in weeks. He was basically getting blue balled and with him being outside, the effect of the moon had amplified and increased the rate of his changes, which made Florian's testicles feel like overfilled water balloons, when they churned out new, avian cum that mixed with his human one.

" Oh fuck... They're so full.", Florian squawked both from pain and lust and instinctively reached down with a talon and carefully cupped one of his male orbs. It was already noticeably larger than his human ones were and filled out a good third of his avian paw, with more of his palm disappearing beneath the swelling mount with each moment. The touch alone sent a cold, lustful shiver down his spawn and Florian gasped wordlessly, as it caused his penis to stir in his sheath and release a drop of precum into its fleshy pocket.

Without really thinking about it, the gryphon began to fondle his feathered sack and ran one of his scaled digits along the overstretched skin, which was still doing its best to keep up with the production of his cum and close all the small wounds and tears the now oversized orbs caused.

It wasn't enough to shut down the pain of his changes, but it gave Florian something different, something he could focus on to maybe ride out the rest of his changes. Closing his claws a bit tighter, the bird man used his free talons to gently caress the rest of his scrotum. Their pointed tips brushed over the taught and sensitive skin and sent small pulses of pleasure through Florian's crotch, which made the male bird huff in desire, when the tip of his penis pushed against his sheath.

A sensation akin to penetrating somebody engulfed his glans and Florian cooed again, when it pushed through the confines of his sheath and rubbed along the fleshy opening. A bead of pre dripped from the slit onto the street and the young male couldn't help himself but coo and moan, when he grew a hard-on." Oh my..." the gryphon huffed, as more and more penis emerged from his pouch. The sensation was similar to growing erect as a human, only with more circumference and that it kept growing, and growing, and growing.

Florian started to wonder, when he would reach his peak and he awkwardly shuffled his hind legs and tried to stay balanced on his single paw, when more and more shaft rubbed along the opening of his sheath. It felt good, probably better than the sex itself if there were a female around. More and more flesh became visible and Florian moaned gently, when his penis stirred and leaked another string of pre on the street.

Without thinking about it, Florian dropped down and rolled onto his back, exposing his flagging manhood and sagging testicles to the public." Hagh... oh wow, this... this feels so good.", the transforming teen huffed with a blush underneath his blood encrusted feathers, when he looked through the gap in between his sextet of breasts and at his animalistic penis. It was several inches larger and girthier than before and displayed a blood red colour, while the tip had narrowed down into a cone and was dripping precum right beneath his lower set of tits.

Being wary of his claws, Florian carefully wrapped his fingers around the shaft and gave it a few careful rubs. A pleasurable tingling filled the teenagers penis and Florian warbled happily, when his scales rubbed along the sensitive flesh. It felt different, not only because of the texture of his new hands, but because of the lack of foreskin as well. His entire shaft felt like his old, human glans and when Florian tightened the grasp of his claws and increased the speed of his strokes, he released an unpleasant "Hnngh!", due to the increased sensitivity of his shaft.

It felt basically like after an orgasm and the touch of his scales became outright unpleasant, because his nerves were basically getting overstimulated." Ah squrawp.", the boy groaned in frustration and let go of his quivering and dripping shaft, when he realised that he won't be able to satisfy his lust. And to add insult to injury, there was another heat boiling up.

Florian cawed in confusion and his penis throbbed in anticipation, when his perineum began to shift. The feathered skin pressed inwards and the teenager groaned in displeasure and anxiety, when the all too familiar feeling of his skin getting stretched against its will returned.

" C-cawt's happening?", Florian moaned out and clenched and unclenched his talons and the toes on his still human, yet already dismorphing feet, when the space beneath his hefty nuts pressed inwards. It felt so weird and the male bird had nothing to compare it to, when his body formed a deep, rather noticeable opening. Blood rushed into the newly torn flesh and Florian groaned in between his breaths, when he felt a familiar, arousing swelling beneath his testicles, that was all too similar to his hard penis.

The tissue puffed up, the skin swelled visibly and formed a pair black, tight lips and Florian chirped and threw his head back, when he felt the growing tunnel becoming wet. It was so strange, like, and he really blushed at this thought, like he was peeing himself. The male's brain really thought that he was relieving himself, only that it didn't trickle out, but stayed in place. And it didn't feel bad.

" Oh my... oh my I 'caw'.... I- I want to... hmph...", the gryphon half moaned, half squawked in between his breaths, when his innards kept rearranging. The parting of his flesh dug deeper and deeper and although the arousing effect of this process weared off after the first third, Florian could still clearly feel it. It felt warm, as new nerves grew in to keep everything in check and blood vessels branched out to nourish the newly formed cells. It reached all the way down into his belly and only stopped past the tip of his sheath, where the teenage boy felt some other, yet minor swelling.

Yet, despite of how minor it was, it did have some effects on Florian's mind. The gryphon wriggled left and right on his back and drew a sharp breath, when the pleasurable, tingling sensation of his dick began to appear underneath his testicles. His toes and talons clenched, his manhood throbbed, the nipples of his neglected breasts hardened and his legs spread instinctively, when a new bulge of flesh formed and rubbed against the soft, warm mounds forming his new orifice.

The gryphon tossed his head and huffed deeply, as new desires appeared in his mind." Oh fuck...", he chirped in growing lust and remembered that one night a few years back, where he and a friend got a little more curious than usual. Florian couldn't deny the growing desire for somebody to be with him, for somebody to lay on top of him, to coil his four legs around him and to mate him." I want to get fucked.", the gryphon groaned out and almost immediately reached down with his paws, with the left one lifting his enlarged balls out of the way, while the other went for the center of his new lust.

A lustful "Squawk!", left Florian's throat and his hole body shivered in newfound desire, when the ridged surface of his talon rubbed against the warm, soft and wet lips that had formed down there. And more importantly, when they rubbed over the small nudge that was nestled in between them. He knew what it was, his body and instinct knew exactly what it was and like with his manhood, it was the only time where Florian didn't feel terrified, as he fondled his new clitoris.

Like with his penis it were small, gentle rubs, yet Florian breathed in and out rhythmically and small chirps and groans could be heard from his parted beak, when he caressed his new femalehood. His finger rubbed over the small, erect bulge of his clit and sent shivers of pleasure through his loins, while the claw itself rubbed along the surrounding lips. Carefully, the gryphon increased the pressure of his index talon and huffed lustfully, when his lips parted and he sank into the warm, swollen and wet folds beneath. It was so weird and Florian couldn't help himself, but feel like he was fingering his tailhole, yet it felt so good, that he couldn't be grossed out.

More of the opposite, he actually kept rubbing his new vulva and carefully injected a second finger into his virgin folds, cooing happily from the arousal his sensitive flesh gave him, when his lips got stretched and his scales rubbed against his clit from both sides now." Ah god... squwah... this is good... hmmmph... I never thought being a girl would be this nice.", Florian moaned happily and without much of a conscious thought, he let go of his testicles, making them slap against his massaging fingers, while his now free paw moved upwards and gently cupped one of his middle breasts." Oh... oh yeah.", the gryphon moaned from this additional, yet unknown sense of pleasure and eagerly enclosed his index and middle finger around the erect nipple, as he began groping his teat.

Exploring his female side felt so good to Florian, that he didn't pay much attention to the final changes happening to his legs. Or at least he tried to. Even with the arousing tingling that his scales created on his velvet lips and erect nipple, it was only doing that much to cover the ear piercing 'CRUNCH', when Florian's feet where getting jerked upwards.

" Squee! Ahh cluck!", the male groaned, when his feet were getting forced into an angled position and changed their shape. It was hard to judge if it was more drastic than the changes to his hands, because Florian had slept through that, but the bird did clench his beak and involuntarily clutched his breast harder, when the skeletal shape of his feet changed. It was so weird, not only because his toes were enlarging and gaining more muscles, but because the coniform bones were actually shrinking.

"Hnng... oh squawp... it feels like somebody is eating my feet.", Florian groaned and he kept rubbing his pussy and clitoris in an attempt to keep himself distracted, but with the biting tingling that now filled the area between his toes, it was hard to keep his libido up.

His boner flattened and his clit also became less rigid, when the osteoclasts ate away at the unnecessary bone material. The overall shape of the teenager's feet were changing and they lost their general, oval form and became more compact, more rounder, which made Florian's lengthened toes appear even longer.

They kept their slender shape and the boy felt especially sharp sting at their tips, when his toenails sharpened and became thicker." Oh cl-clod, not again.", Florian cried out and his heart leaped into his throat, when the increasing layers of creatine pressed into the surrounding flesh.

The boy now frantically started to rub his deflating lips and let go of his breast as well to grab his limpening and already half retracted penis back into his talons, but both had lost a lot of their potential and didn't help at all, when his skin got stretched tighter and tighter. It was like a rapidly developing bulge and Florian winced and grinded his beak, when his epidermis was unable to keep up. More stings filled the surrounding flesh and the male kept fruitlessly grinding at his dick and clit, as the pressure kept rising and rising, until his talons proved too strong to be contained and ripped his skin in half.

"OHFUCKINGGOD!", Florian screeched out into the neighbourhood and furiously clenched and unclenched his avian turning toes from the searing pain running through his feet, when his claws ripped through the tissue anchoring them to the body and drenched their black form and the surrounding skin with blood." WHY DOESN'T THIS STOP?", he cried, when the gauges on his fingers only grew longer and longer. They stopped drawing blood once they had passed the base of his new talons, but the young man could still feel his skin ripping open all over his feet.

At the same time, the sensation of the cool air brushing around his toes become duller, when Florian's body deposited more creatine into his feet and with his skin splitting into distinctive shapes, it didn't take long until the young man was sprouting full on bird toes, complete with the claws and the flexibility that was required to perch on a branch. The only thing missing now were his heels and the moon was more than ready to rectify this, when Florian picked up some distinct, unnatural sounds.

His ears flicked and the gryphon laid his head down to look up the street, when he heard the familiar ' Dee Düü Dee Düü' of emergency vehicles, only that these didn't relieve his fear, but only elevated it. Florian was already able to make out the lights and judging by their layout and pattern, it was neither an ambulance, nor the fire department approaching." Oh shit... Oh shitohshitohshit.", Florian cursed to himself and immediately rolled back onto his now four feet, as he attempted to hide from what was most likely the police. His first step went smoothly as well, but as he attempted to lift a hind leg, the bird felt his weight shifting to the side.

He did manage to catch himself, and his third step went fine again, but as soon as he attempted to use his other hind leg, he became wobbly again. In principle, he knew how he was supposed to walk on all fours, but his body still wasn't fully used to it and with the moonlight stretching out his heels, and as such shifting the centre of balance away from them and towards the base of his toes, he couldn't really pull it off.

And as a result, all the afraid gryphon was able to do was hobble his way back to his home, while the all too familiar sensation of bones readjusting and skin getting tugged and pulled on filled his legs.

His front legs were reaching out as far as they could, his hind feet splayed on the asphalt to support the newfound weight of Florian's avian rump and his unattended testicles, while his mind was fully focussed on his house." Get to the door, get to the door!", was the only thing in Florian's mind and he eagerly limped and wobbled his way to the safety of his home, while the police came closer and closer.

In a rare moment of luck in this god forsaken night, Florian had left the door open when he ran after the medics and with one final hop, that was more like a small leap than everything else, the teenager landed in the hall, turned around and slammed the door shut, before retreating closer into the house, just as the sirens outside were reaching their zenith. Tires were screeching and the blue of the strobing emergency light flickered into the hallway and the kitchen the room over, while Florian climbed his way up the stairs. He needed a secluded place, he needed to be safe.

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" Duh duhduh duhduhduhduhduh... duh duhduh duhduhduhduhduh.... dun dundun...", Mareike hummed to Act on Instinct while drumming her hands against the wheel. She was on the way home from a nice evening with her girls and had one plate too many, which resulted in her feeling somewhat bloated. Nonetheless, it had been a good evening and Mareike was looking forward to lump down on the couch and break a cold one with her husband, before letting the day fade out.

She had already reached the district she was living in and drove down a few of the side roads, when she came across a group of police cars parked in front of one of the houses. Regularly, she wouldn't bother with such things, especially during her vacation like now, but the scene caught her curiosity. The cars were set up in a way that they barricaded the entrance of the house and the amount of officers indicated that this wasn't a routine call, yet they seemed to be hesitant to go in.

Activating the turning signal, Mareike drove closer to the pavement and stopped close to the cordoned off area. Grabbing her ID case from the middle console, the woman left the car and walked towards the police tape that had been set up in front of the cars and called out to the closest officer." Hey, excuse me! Do you have a moment?", she asked in a loud voice and also waved her arm to get the officer's attention, which was successful, even though he gave her a questionable frown when he approached her.

" The area is closed off...", he began to say his routine speech, when he came closer to Mareike, yet kept some distance to the tape." ... please keep on moving."." I think you can make an exception for me.", the woman replied and flicked open the leathery case, displaying a royal blue ID card. It had a white depiction of the earth sitting on a laurel wreath, with two swords crossed above it in the upper left, her name and rank underneath and a not so fresh photo on the right." Staff Sergeant Mareike Schwarndorf, United Nations Defence Force."." UNDF?", the officer asked and there was a noticeable amount of confusion in his voice and his face, when he checked Mareike's ID card." I don't recall that we have called you."." You didn't. I was just passing by when I noticed the crowd here and thought that I could help."." Err... I don't know about that... Please, wait a minute.", the officer replied with a noticeable insecurity in his voice, before he turned around and walked deeper into the blockade.

Mareike crooked her head as she followed his movement, but unfortunately he disappeared behind a patrol car and while she still was able to make out his head, the flashing of the emergency lights blocked her vision. Fortunately for her, it was only a few minutes until the officer came back and he looked more confident, when he approached her." Please, follow me. The Commissar wants to talk to you.", he said, while lifting the police tape for Mareike to duck under. She then followed the officer back to the other side of the car and towards a middle aged man standing somewhat in the middle of the whole scene.

" Commissar...", the young officer began saying, as they came closer."... this is the UNDF woman I was telling you about."." Ah, glad to meet you.", the older man said and met them in the middle, while extending his hand." Commissar Rheinfeld."." Mareike Schwarndorf, UNDF Staff Seargant. What's the situation?"." We are not really sure.", Rheinfeld began to explain." Roughly an hour ago, dispatch received an emergency call from one Florian Hauschröder. He was telling them that he was turning into some kind of bird creature and from what I listened to, it sounds genuine. Here, have a listen.".

Rheinfeld said, while he took out his phone. And after fumbling with it for a moment, he held it out to Mareike and started playing Florian's emergency call:"' Hello, this is the emergency call centre, where is your emergency?'.' Hi, hi, Florian Hauschröder here. I'm at Goethe Street 32. Listen, I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm turning into some kind of bird monster!'.' ... Excuse me?'.' I'm turning into a monster!'".

The record kept on playing, until Florian's first major change kicked in." You should better cover your ears, it's getting loud now.", the commissar warned Mareike, before Florian started to say:"' I can send you a photo or turn on my webcam to prove that I'm not joscreeeaaawww!'"." Argh.", Mareike grunted and backed off from the shrill noise, before she admitted:" Yeah, that sounds genuine. Might be a spell that went wrong, a genetic trait that wasn't discovered before or a demonic possession.".

" I thought the same, that's why I called the SEK. Dispatch did send medics, but when they arrived, they found a blood drenched creature and since they didn't know if it was friendly or not, they pulled back and called us in. And I don't want my men to get shredded to pieces, so I think it's better to wait for the professionals.".

There was a short pause, in which Mareike could swear that the commissar was silently sighing, before he continued to say." I've been with the force for 32 years now, 15 of those were spent with rowdy teenagers, angry housewives and the one or other case of organised crime. And what do we have now? Heaven and hell have turned from fictions into reality, monsters walk the earth and each time you are called for a drunk person, you have to be careful that they don't try to bite your face off. Things really have become crazy.".

" Yeah, they did.", Mareike agreed." But that's why we exist, to help you weather the storm. How far is the SEK still away?"." They have to come from the next city over, so I would say roughly 15 minutes."." I see. In this case, I would ask you to give me a gun and I will check out the situation."." All on your own?", the commissar asked doubtfully." Yes, all on my own. I have more experience with these kind of things and if we do have a demonic possession on our hands here, it's better if only one person dies. And if not, and the boy is still inside there, I don't want your special forces to accidentally kill him."." I see. In this case, here, take my gun.", the old cop said and pulled his pistol from the holster and gave it to Mareike, before instructing the other officer:" Müller. Get the MP from the car and give it to her as well."." Roger.", the man replied and opened up the closest police car, before returning and extending an MP5 to Mareike.

" Here, although it's not as fancy as your toys."." It will do, thanks.", Mareike replied and put on the safety of the pistol and stored it in one of the slings on her jeans, before taking the MP and switching to single fire mode." Now listen, if worst comes to worst, get out of here. Demons are superior to us in every way and are basically impervious to 9mms, so keep as much distance to them as possible. And if you do have to fight, try to hit them in the eye or mouth, if applicable. That might be our only chance to deter them."." Understood."." Good. I'll contact you if I know something new and if you don't hear from me within the next 10 minutes, you can storm the building. It will also give you a fair warning, if the situation is safe or not."." We stay put.", the commissar replied and with that, Mareike turned towards the hose and took on a slightly leaned forward stance with the barrel of her SMG angled downwards, as she approached the house.

When she tried the door, she found it to be locked though." Great.", Mareike though with a silent sigh, before she put down her gun and pulled out her wallet." Time to embarrass me in front of the guys.". Rummaging through her cards for a moment, she looked for a stable, yet least useful one and secured it in her free hand, while putting the wallet down on the ground as well. Focussing back on the door, the soldier slammed the card in between the tight space of the door and surrounding frame in an attempt to pry open the lock. Luckily for her, it was an older model and after a few tries of pushing and wriggling the card back and forth, an indiscernible 'clack' could be heard and the door moved a few cm inwards." Thanks, Pizza Hut.", Mareike thought and put her customer card and wallet back into her pockets and gave the police behind her an ensuring thumbs up, before grabbing the MP5 again and entering the house.

Moving just behind the frame in a slightly crouched position, Mareike stopped at the front end of the floor and checked her surroundings. Her lockpicking hasn't really quite been and depending on what kind of creature they were dealing with here, she might have already gotten their intention. And with such, the soldier scanned her immediate surroundings for any threats, as any twitch in the corner of her any, any small move of a shadow could be her undoing. And yet, nothing happened. Everything stayed quiet and after a few more moments of tense waiting, Mareike marked the hallway as clear, yet kept her guard up, when she moved further into the house and towards the right sided staircase.

The trail of blood Florian had left behind during his quadruplet wobble to the medics didn't have escaped her attention and it was the most direct clue she had to determine what was going on here. And so Mareike carefully made her way upstairs, the MP pointed upwards to shoot at anything that might jump at her. And the woman's stance only turned more defensive, when the loud 'cniiaertch' of a loose step echoed through the house.

" Aw crap.", Mareike thought with an equally annoyed/concerned expression on her face and she immediately pointed her gung along the upper end of the staircase and the floor beneath as much as she could to check for anything unusual. And yet, nothing was happening. No movement, no clicking of claws, no gusts in the air, nothing. And so, Mareike continued her ascent. The same process repeated a few more times, but eventually, the soldier reached the upper floor.

Whatever was in the building must have been aware of her presence by now, but again, nothing was moving or reacting, even when Mareike carefully kept moving forwards. SMG ready, she carefully followed the trail of blood, which led into Florian's room. Pressing herself against the wall next to the frame, Mareike listened again for any breathing or other indication that something was inside. There were a few tense seconds, in which she tightened the grip around her gun, before she finally rotated her body into the frame and entered the room.

And although she was ready to fire at first, the soldier did lower her gun, when she spotted the tattered shirt and the small patches of blood on the floor." If this was a demon, it was a merciful one.", Mareike pondered with herself, although she became less convinced now that she was facing someone infernal here.

But still, Mareike hasn't actually encountered anything yet and with the room being empty, she fastened her gun again and returned back into the hallway. Following it deeper into the house, Mareike searched the parent's bedroom and some kind of storage closet, before she heard some faint whimpering. It was quiet, yet noticeable and seemed to come from the door she was walking towards. And it didn't sound entirely human.

" Time to reveal what's going on here.", the Mareike thought and she tightened her trigger finger already, when she approached the door. The soldier's heart began to beat faster and a certain mix of anxiety and tension began to build up in her chest, yet she was fully focussed and concentrated. Whatever was inside there might be the last thing she would ever see, yet she couldn't go in guns blazing either, because the boy was still missing. And due to the lack of a flashbang or any other disorientation gadgets, she picked the worst, yet most casualty free option she had.

" Florian?", she asked in a low, yet hopefully noticeable voice." Is that you?". The whimpering seemed to die down, but aside from that, there was no reaction." I'm Mareike Schwarndorf and with the UNDF, I'm here to help you.". Mareike waited for a moment for some reaction, but aside from some shuffling noises inside the room, nothing happened. Not unexpected, but also not something that helped her to determine if the person inside was hostile or not. Nonetheless, she couldn't take the risk of shooting a civilian and so she said:" I'm coming in now.".

Pointing the gun downwards, she let go off the barrel and put her free hand on the handle. Counting silently to 3, she pushed the handle downwards and pushed the door open, while also rotating her body into the opening frame. Readying the MP at the same time, Mareike was fully prepared to fire, when she pointed the crosshair at the physical wreck that was Florian's body.

The former human was laying on the floor, his avian body coiled up into a fetal position and heavily shaking, while his head was buried beneath his front talons. He just looked miserable and with him not displaying any hostility or inducing that feeling of existential dread that demons induced in humans, Mareike quickly lowered her gun again." Aw crap.", she muttered in between her breaths, before asking:" You're Florian, right?". Her voice was taking on a softer tone and with the worst case situation out of the window, she also relaxed her body stance." I'm Mareike and here to help you. Here, I won't harm you.", the woman kept saying and for the first time, Florian reacted to her and peeked out from in between his claws, when he heard the dull 'dmpf' of metal hitting the tiled floor.

Looking at the woman standing at the door frame, Florian watched her putting the pistol she had next to the other gun already laying on the floor, before she asked him:" Is it ok, if I come closer?". The gryphon just nodded and his body was uncoiling a bit as well, when the unknown woman came closer. Kneeling down in front of him, she was looking at him with a sympathising expression and pulled out her ID case again." Here. I don't know if you can actually understand me at the moment, but I'm one of the good guys. Can you speak?".

Florian didn't answer directly, but the sound of her voice and her compassionate behaviour made him calm down a bit. He started to uncoil himself and also put his front talons back on the floor, which revealed his blood and tear soaked muzzle to Mareike. The feathers around his eyes were still wet from all the fear he had once the police arrived and he was barely able to hold his composure, when he answered:" Y.yes, I... I c-can speak... I.. Oh- oh god...". He squawked and without much of a warning, he managed to lift himself up just enough to be able to pounce at Mareike.

The soldier immediately backed off a bit and caught Florian's front legs mid jump. She was ready to push the gryphon off. Yet when she saw the boy's tear ridden snout and that he didn't put much of a strength into his motion, she relaxed again and put his feet onto the ground, which allowed him to rear up again. Taking Mareike into a quasit hug, Florian buried his beak into her chest and just let go. Emotions tumbled over another, his heart was racing and more tears flowed into his feathers, when he said in between his cries:" Thank you... thank yououou...I thought I'm gonna die!"." Shh... shh... it's ok. You're safe now.", she said and patted Florian's neck out of habit. The gryphon didn't mind though and simply cried his hearts out.

And Mareike would have loved for him to continue, but after a few moments, she grabbed the gryphon's legs and gently guided him off of her." I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I have to call off the police, otherwise they will storm the building."." Oh, ok.", Florian replied with a somewhat disappointed voice, but was understanding and let her guide him downwards. Afterwards, he watched Mareike getting up and turning towards, the door, although he did get a bit nervous when she picked up the guns again. She did keep them pointed away from Florian the whole time though and together, they moved along the corridor and down the staircase. Or at least halfway down the stairs, due to that Florian didn't have the courage to move any further.

Mareike on the other hand kept on going and she walked towards the door and stepped outside. The police officers were already standing in a circle around the entrance and eagerly awaiting her return." The situation is under control.", Mareike said quickly, when she approached the officers." I don't know why, but the boy turned into a gryphon and was simply looking for help. The thing with the medics was most likely just a misunderstanding."." I see.", Commissar Rheinfeld replied even though his body relaxed a bit." That's good to hear. Although I guess the big boys will be a bit annoyed that they rolled out for nothing."." Maybe. You can apologise to them in my name, although from my experience, I think they are used to responding to duds."." I will tell them. Shall we call an other ambulance?"." I don't think it's necessary, at least he didn't look the part. But if anything comes up, I will call it myself."." Alright then. I guess you will take over from here then."." If you don't mind."." No, it's fine by me.", the commissar replied." I'm just glad that the kid is alive.". He then turned towards his men and yelled:" Alright people, time to pack it up. We're done here.". And while the officers began to take down their tape and returned to their cars, Mareike walked back into the house.

" It's ok Florian, they're gone."." Thank you.", Florian replied and walked down the stairs towards her, while Mareike came closer as well." I thought they were going to kill me."." I don't think they would have.", Mareike tried to console him, when she kneeled down in front of the gryphon and gently fondled him behind one of his ears." Although I can see why they were afraid of you. What do you think about that we clean you up a bit?"." That does sound nice.", Florian said in a relieved voice." As you've seen, the bath is upstairs. Follow me.", he said and carefully turned around, due that he still wasn't fully used to this body and the stairs were rather small for a gryphon. Nonetheless, he managed to do so and the two walked back to the bathroom Mareike had found Florian in.

" You mind taking a warm bath?", Mareike asked, when they entered the room, to which Florian shook his head." Not at all. Shampoo is in the cabinet behind the mirror.", the gryphon answered and already made his way to the tub, when he realised that he didn't have any experience in climbing over such obstacles in his new body.

Rearing up onto the edge was easy and he also managed to tug in one of his hind feet, but he was too afraid to lift that one final leg." I err... I need some help here.", Florian said in a shaky voice and if his feathers wouldn't cover his cheeks, Mareike could have seen how heavily blushing he was. She didn't mind though and replied:" Sure thing.". Grabbing Florian by the hips to not touch him inappropriately, she pulled and pushed on the teenage boy, before they managed to put him into the tub.

Afterwards, Mareike turned on the faucet and also added the shampoo to the mix, which slowly but surely covered Florian's body in a layer of bubbles. When the tub was full, Mareike turned the stream off and grabbed a washing cloth hanging on a rag nearby." Alright, let's clean you up.", she said while dipping the cloth into the warm water, before she gently started to rub off the blood and crusted remains of his tears." Man, you really look messed up. What did happen to you?"." I don't know.", Florian answered, although his voice did sound less aggregated and more relaxed by now.

" Everything was fine when I went to bed, but then I woke up in the middle of the night and was already turning into this."." Hmm, given that we have a full moon, I would guess that you have some form of lycanthropy. Did your parents never talk with you about this?"." No, they didn't. Although I guess being a were creature explains why they disappear once every month."." Like today?", Mareike asked, which Florian confirmed by nodding his head." Damn, I'm sorry. If you want me to, I can stay until they are back."." That would be nice.", Florian answered. Even though Mareike was a total stranger to him, he was glad that there was another person he could anchor his emotions to.

Still, he was curious why she actually decided to do this and even though it sounded a bit shy, he asked:" But... why are you helping me?"." Because it's my job.", she answered and dampened the boy's face with fresh, when she continued to scrub off the blood from his face" Yeah...", he started to say, while he tilted his head this and that way, whenever the washing cloth came too close to his eyes." But I thought that involves shooting the bad guys.".

" Yeah, it does.", Mareike answered, before she explained:" But but working with angels for so long has taught me that our view on 'helping' is pretty narrow minded. Yes, we might shoot demons, aliens and monsters, but a part that is often ignored is, that people need some uplifting as well. That we should show them, how they can stand up for themselves, that they aren't alone in this fight and that we keep them motivated during times of crisis, like I do with you currently. Unfortunately, the nature of our work often doesn't allow us to do so. After all, it's hard to console everyone on a personal level, if you have aliens shooting up a large city.". There were a few moments of silence, before Florian replied:" Man, that was deep."." You asked and so I answered."." Yeh, true. I just didn't expect your answer to be this in-depth.".

Afterwards, the two didn't speak much and Mareike got finished cleaning Florian up and helped him out of the tub again. She was already about to rub him off with a towel, when the herm gryphon felt a foreign sensation rapidly building up in his guts. The feeling of his soaked feathers and the water dripping in front of his eyes triggered something inside him and Florian already unfolded his wings a bit, before he started to wildly shake his body. Starting from his snout and going all the way down to the tip of his tail, Florian basically copied the motion of shaking his human head and threw off the water from his plumage.

Not all of it, but more than enough to make him feel dry. And luckily for Mareike, the towel she was holding protected her from the incoming barrage and she only got a bit of it into her face, which was already enough for Florian to say:" Sorry. It just came over me."." It's ok, don't worry. But with you being done, is there anything else you want to do until your parents come back?"." Not really.", was Flroian's answer.

He really didn't have anything in mind, although he did notice that he was hungry. The transformation and following stress really had taken a toll on the gryphon's body and so he said:" I think Amazon and pizza sounds good."." Then let's do it.". And with this being settled, the two walked back down and Florian led Mareike into the living room, before she called the closest pizza parlour on her phone.

And while they waited for their food, the two flopped down on the couch and Florian instinctively rolled himself together into some kind of ball, with one of his wings tug in between his body and the backrest, while the other one and his tail were dangling from the cushions. He just felt exhausted and his eyes became very heavy all of the sudden. They flickered open and shut, until eventually, the gryphon dozed off into the land of dreams.

'Däng Döng'," Scraw, what the?!", Florian squawked and jumped up on his haunches, with his ears rotating around to locate the danger." It's ok Florian. It's most likely just the pizza guy.", Mareike consoled him, before she stood up and walked towards the front door. She returned a minute later with two pizza boxes in her hand. Placing them on the table in front of the sofa, she opened them up and said:" Bon appetite."." Thanks.", Florian replied and jumped off from the cushions and reared up on the table.

This time, he wasn't questioning his actions, due to that he was so hungry, but simply followed his instinct. He dug his claws into the doughy edge of the pizza and pulled it closer towards the edge of the table, which allowed him to sink his beak into it. The smooth surface cut right through the dough and Florian cooed happily, when the taste of tomato, cheese and, most importantly, salami filled his mouth.

The boy swallowed the bite in a whole, not that he would be able to chew anyway, and almost immediately took another one. Sauce splattered onto his beak and every once in a while, the herm gryphon needed to tilt his head backwards to force the food down his gullet, when he got a little too greedy.

Both of them didn't say much and when Florian was done devouring his pizza, he licked his beak to get it clean from the potato splatters, before he hopped back onto the sofa and curled up again. This time though, he didn't have much time to rest and after all but a few minutes, his ears flickered.

Something was gusting up wind outside the house and he instinctively jerked his head up to look up for the impending danger. This also alerted Mareike and she instinctively tried to reach for the pistol which was usually holstered on her armour and while she was grabbing empty air, she still stayed alerted and asked:" What is it?"." I hear something.", Florian answered and hopped off the sofa.

Focussing on the noise, Florian basically followed the intruder through the solid wall and he even walked upwards along the wallpapered object, when whatever it was outside kept moving. He wasn't really aware of it, but right now, the gryphon was behaving more like a curious dog than a human turned animal and he even crooked his head, when he made out the flapping of wings and the sound of claws digging into dirt.

" Sounds like a dog or something. Maybe the neighbour's cat.", Florian talked to himself and although he didn't display any sense of danger, Mareike still stayed vigilant and carefully followed the quadruped bird. This was an unfortunate side effect of her job, but she was better safe than sorry. Florian wasn't relaxed either, just curious, but the strain that had built up in preparation for the unknown did subside and was replaced by a sensation of joy and anticipation, when he was able to make out voices outside.

" Damn, looks Florian is still awake.", he heard a female voice saying, which was followed by a male:" Let's just hope that he's not in the kitchen and be very sneaky."." Mom... dad.", Florian said in an enthusiastic voice and rushed to the backside door. His claws were scratching the laminated floor and he more or less hopped the way instead of running, thanks to him involuntary stretching his wings a little, which caused them to catch some of the air.

He still heard Mareike saying" Hey, wait!", but didn't pay her any attention. He was just too excited to see his parents and in a matter of seconds, he had reached the back door and waited impatiently,when the clicking of claws against stone outside became louder. This was replaced by the sound of creatine scraping against metal and a moment after, the door opened, revealing two adult gryphons.

" Mom, Dad!", Florian screeched out in happiness and basically threw himself at his parents, squeezing himself between their feathered bodies and leaving them pretty dumbfounded." Florian?", his father asked in disbelief when he saw the avian shape of his son. His mother was equally surprised and for a moment, they both just stood there and didn't know what to do.

They didn't expect their son to be a gryphon and even though he did behave and sound like it, there was something off about him. Their avian senses picked up his smell and while it was different as a gryphon, it was close enough to identify him as their relative. But there was another odour hidden beneath, something that the two adults just couldn't pin down.

Their only born didn't mind or even think about this and kept snuggling himself in between his parents and eagerly rubbed his beak against their flanks." God, I'm so glad to see you. You have no idea what I was going through.". Tears began to dwell up in his eyes, this time from pure joy though and not from pain.

" I tried to cawl you, but nobody picked up... And then, then I was calling an ambulance and then the police came and then.... Oh god I... I'm just so happy to see you.". His beak was still eagerly rubbing against his parent's flank and he just pressed himself into their protective embrace, being so happy that he didn't have to endure this alone anymore.

" Shh, shh. It's ok Flo. We're here now.", his father said and started to return the gestures of his son, rubbing his beak through the feathers on his side and carefully nipping into his flesh in order to soothe him.

His mother just looked at him though and while she did look worried as well, she didn't go through the physical actions to comfort him yet, but asked first:" Why did you want to call an ambulance honey?"." Because it did hurt so much.", Florian answered, still seeking the comfort of his parents while he talked in a more wailing voice." I was waking up in the middle of the night and I was turning... turning into this. It felt like my whole body was ripping itself to shreds and with you gone, I didn't know what to do.".

Klara's heart dropped into her legs when she heard Florian's story and if it weren't for her already white plumage, you might have seen the colour fading from her face. A deep guilt filled her body and she pressed herself tighter against her son, while saying:" Oh god honey. I'm so sorry. If we would have known that you were transforming today, we would've stayed home."." It's fine mom... it's fine. I'm ok now. I had help from a UNDF woman."." UNDF?", his father asked with a mix of surprise and concern, which caused him to stop with his ministrations." Was she called, because of you?"." No... no, not at all. She called off the police and took care of me until you came back."." Is she still there?", Manfred asked in return, this time with a frown on his face. He wasn't really fond of a stranger being in his house and especially if they were alone with his son.

Florian didn't share his father's concerns though and he pulled a little back from his parents, before answering:" Yeah, she's in the living room. I can bring you to her."." Yeah, I would like to see her.", Manfred replied and he did follow his son, when Florian crawled out from in between them and turned around to lead them back into the house. And although he didn't intend to, doing so revealed a few of his breasts and parts of his new vagina to his parents, something that made them both blush." Did you see that?", Klara asked her husband, who nodded and answered:" Yeah. Seems like we really should have stayed home.".

But there were more pressing issues at the moment and so, the adult gryphons followed their son into the house and through the kitchen, from where they stepped into the living room. Florian was still high on endorphins and as such rather excited to introduce Mareike to his parents. His euphoria dropped though and his ears flopped downwards, when he noticed that she seemed to be gone." Mareike?", he asked carefully and stepped through the living room, looking at this and that way in order to find her." Mareike. Where are you?", he asked again, but there was no reaction.

His parents stepped into the room and took a look through it as well and his father even peeked into the main hall to see if somebody was there, but there was no trace of a person." You're sure that somebody was here?", Florian's mother asked, after she had checked the room." Of course I'm sure. Her pizza box is still here.", he said, pointing his beak at the empty boxes laying on the living room table.

" Weird.", Klara said to herself, after she had inspected the room." Maybe she didn't want to deal with us?"." Whatever her reasoning may be, she's gone now.", Manfred said, when he came back from inspecting the main hall." But if anything, it gives us the privacy to explain what is happening to you. Although I would rather explain it upstairs. Our bed is more comfortable and cosy for such things.".

" Alright.", Florian agreed and trotted after the adult gryphons, when they made their way upstairs. He had gotten somewhat used to his anatomy by now and it was much easier for him to climb up the staircase, although he still was a bit slower and wobbly than his parents.

Despite of that, he managed to follow them fine and they entered the larger bedroom, where Klara and Manfred jumped onto their respective sides." Come here Florian.", his mother said and patted the feathery coven they had formed for him to lay into." Make yourself comfortable."

Following the words of his mother, Florian hopped onto the bed as well and curled up in between them, with his focus being on Klara. She took a deep breath and tried to focus her thoughts for a moment, before she explained:" Alright. As you're already aware of, you're not a regular human, but weregryphon. Which means that every month, you will transform into your current form for 2 to 3 nights, depending on the moon cycle. We don't know how it is transmitted, but it doesn't seem to be genetical, but rather something you inherit on a spiritual level, because it was I, who brought it into the family. In my case, it was my mother who turned my father into a weregryphon and for her, it was her father who induced it into her mother.".

Klara made a short pause to catch her breath again and looked at her husband for a moment, before she continued to tell:" As for me, I was already fully aware of my condition when I met your dad and although I told him rather early about it, he was still pretty baffled when I actually changed in front of him for the first time."." Well, in my defence, it was rather intimidating.", Manfred chirped in.

" You may not see it like this Flo, but our gryphon bodies are larger than our human ones and seeing your mom turning from her lithe self into such a muscular beast that is a good head and shoulder broader and taller than me was quite the experience.". He reached out and grabbed one of her black front talons with his own yellow one, while continuing to say:" Even though, I still loved her and a few years after we came together, I had my first change as well. And it was... wild, let's say it like this.".

There was a certain undertone in Manfred's voice and he could feel his cheeks warming up from the blush when he thought back at that night. Luckily for the rooster, he didn't need to elaborate on it, because Klara was picking up again and said:" And that's why we think it's something more spiritual. Because from you dad's family, he's the only one who's a weregryphon now and neither uncle Ben, nor aunt Veronica, grandma Elisabeth or grandpa Friedrich have ever changed. And some months after that, I became pregnant with you.".

The female gryphon shuffled a little and Florian noticed some insecurity on her face, when she said:" And I... I don't know which effects that had on you. I knew from my mother that she did transform while being pregnant with me, while grandma didn't have that problem for the time. And I didn't want to risk anything, so I bought a moon calendar and shut every shutter when the full moon was coming. Unfortunately, those things aren't completely reliable and so I slipped every once in a while and did change with you inside me. And I have no idea what happened to you during those moments, if you stayed human or if you already turned into a gryphon or an egg during that time. And that's why I was so happy to hear that you were healthy when you were born.".

During this whole time, Florian just sat there and listened to his mother. His tail was flicking every once in a while and his eyes widened whenever he heard a particularly interesting part of info, like his mother's pregnancy with him. It was a lot for the boy to take in and if it weren't for his feathers, one might have even seen a frown on his temples.

There were also questions piling up in his head, with one of them being:" So, the transformation can be skipped?"." Kind of.", his mother answered:" If you basically shut out the moon and make sure that you don't touch its light, the transformation can be bypassed. The problem is, that it can appear during daytime as well, so even if you manage to stay human during the night, you can still find yourself turning into a gryphon if you leave the house in the morning."." I see.", Florian replied, although his ears did drop a little from the thought that he would have to endure today's pains again.

" There is also another thing we want to tell you.", his dad now said to give his wife a little rest." You don't have to remember everything today now and we're always there for you, when you have questions. But one thing you have to keep in mind is, that you aren't fully human when you are a gryphon. You will keep your personality, but it can happen that your emotions go a bit overboard. At least they did for me, when I had my first few changes.".

Manfred made a short pause and sighed a little, during which he pondered about what details he should tell his son, before he continued:" I wasn't a mindless beast or anything, but things became a bit more... heated. For example, during my very first change, mom wanted to sooth me like we do with you now and to guide me through my changes. And while I did allow it, I was a bit too eager when it came to returning the favour. I basically pinned her down and when I started to just follow my emotions and nipped her neck, I was a bit too rough and left some marks. And when I was eating something, I was grabbing it between my talons and basically ripping at it, instead of biting it in a controlled fashion... And the sofa also needed the one or other sheath, because of us. What I want to say is, that you won't be necessarily a danger to others, but you need to be aware of your strength.".

There was another short moment, which Flroian's father used to catch his breath, before he explained further:" As for your transformation hurting so much, we actually wanted to guide you through your first change. When it happened to me the first time, your mom was with me and told me the whole time what to do and that I shouldn't fight it. It wasn't pleasant, but not as bad as in your case and for that, I'm deeply sorry.".

Manfred stopped talking again and his voice did drop a tone, when he clutched his son's front talon and looked deep into his eyes." I really am. We left you alone in a time where you needed us the most and I hope that we can make it up to you someday.".

Florian tightened the grip around his dad's claws and looked intimately at the male gryphon. Yes, what he had gone through has been pure hell and he really would have needed the guidance of his parents in that situation, but for some reason, he couldn't really be mad at them. And so, the teen said:" It's ok dad. I'm not angry with you. You couldn't have known that it would happen.".

" But we should have anticipated it.", his mother replied and grabbed his free front paw as well, despite of the opposing directions they were laying in." I was the same age as you when it happened to me and I should've known better to risk it, than keeping our condition a secret."." Then why didn't you tell me?", the herm asked, this time with a more serious tone in his voice.

" Because... because we missed the right time.", Klara answered." When you were young, I'm sure you would have taken it very well, but me and dad weren't sure if you were really able to comprehend what we would have been telling you at that age. And when you grew older, you didn't have any contact with somebody like us and so we didn't want to rip you out of the normal life you were having... Knowing what happened today, we just should've told and shown you what we are, but as I said, we missed the mark on that. And like dad, I'm sorry that you had to suffer the consequences of our inaction.".

Klara then proceeded to preen her son in an attempt to gain his favour back and while he did allow her to do so, he was laying there for a moment and just staring into the void, when his brain tried to process all the information it was receiving.

" It's... I... I don't know what to think about that."." That's ok honey.", his father replied:" We know we made a mistake in that regard and if you are holding that against us, we will accept it."." I... I will have to stomach that first.", Florian said, even though he kept his talons squeezed around those of his parents." As I said, I'm not mad at you. But given that I am what I am now, what will happen next to me?".

" It depends on how much energy you have left. If you don't have anything else planned for today anymore, you will most likely just fall asleep and simply wake up as a human again. And tomorrow, we both will stay here and I will guide you through your changes, like I did with paps, to make sure that it won't hurt again. There are a few details we need to discuss beforehand, but that can wait until the time comes. Is that ok for you honey?"." Yes, that... that actually sounds like a good idea.", Florian agreed with a hearty yawn.

" I do feel pretty exhausted all of the sudden."." Not really a surprise after all of what you have been through.", his father said and Florian felt a warm sensation of secureness growing in his chest, when the adult gryphon snuggled himself against his body.

It felt like a big, warm and fluffy pillow, one which Florian was more than happy to cuddle up against as well with a joyful coo." Yeah, this sounds like a good idea.", his mother agreed and repeated her husband's motion, cuddling herself against her son and covering him in what were basically two living warm water bags made with feathers.

And although he was usually one of those guys who slept with an open window all year long, Florian didn't mind the warmth of his parents when they showed him the love they had for them, It made him feel safe and secure and with an other genuine jawn, the young gryphon closed his eyes and quickly drifted off into the realm of dreams.

His parents were dutifully watching over him, until they were sure that he was soundly sleeping." Man, what a mess.", Klara said in a low voice, when she looked down at her son." I should've known that this would happen."." Don't be so hard on yourself honey.", Manfred replied and leaned over to rub his beak against hers." You couldn't have known."." I should have though. As I said, it happened to me during his age as well."." Yeah, but still, you couldn't have known that it would happen today.".

The rooster continued to sooth his wife and gently took her closer ear between his beak halves and gently swiped towards the tip. He did this a few times, until he was sure that she had calmed down again, before he asked her:" But since you are more familiar with this whole ordeal, do you know why he has breasts and a vagina?"." I have no clue honey.", Klara admitted." I've never seen anything like that. Although he didn't seem to mind it."." I think he has other things on his mind right now, than not being a full boy."," Yeah, I guess you are right.".

Manfred tilted his head and parted his beak a bit, offering his wife to kiss him. She accepted gratefully and the two chirped in a low tone and Klara felt herself calming down again, before she parted from her husband:" Thanks Manfred.", the hen said gratefully." Don't mention it.", the rooster replied and he held eye contact with his wife for a few more moments, before he said:" We should get some sleep as well. The world will look brighter tomorrow."." Yeah, you're right honey.".

The two gryphons shared another kiss of mutual insurance, before they said good night to each other and joined Florian into the world of the dreaming.